Expedition Amazon
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Expedition Amazon puts you in control of a team of 4 explorers on an expedition to map and study (i.e.: plunder) the ruins of the Incan civilization. Your team consists of a Medic, a Field Assistant, a Radio Operator, and a Guard. After equipping your team with all the necessary supplies (don't forget the mosquito netting!) you travel to your base camp at the edge of the jungle where you will begin your journey.

You will quickly meet up with many of the hazards of the jungle as you explore, including hostile natives (hope your Guard is a good shot!), mosquitoes, disease, covered pits, wildlife, and more. Each of your team members has an "EL" rating which indicates how close he is to dying. Death comes quickly for new team members, but as your team gains experience by mapping more and more of the Amazon and Incan ruins, your EL rating goes up and your team members become quite a bit more effective at avoiding hazards. You also get an Efficiency Rating "ER" which is an overall score of your exploration completed and loot collected minus your money spent and the number of team members killed.

Once you have mapped a few sectors of jungle you will find some ruins with passages leading underground. Underground is a lot more hazardous than the jungle, as many of the pitfalls you encounter mean instant death if you don't have the proper equipment or your team was not alert. The natives are also a lot more numerous underground as well. But don't worry, you can always replace members of your expedition. Besides, what does it matter if you lost your Field Assistant if the rest of your team is carrying out a bagful of gold and silver?

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Description from the packaging:

Ever since Aunt Gertrude gave you that pith helmet for your birthday you have been trying to find a job that would require you to don khakis and your exotic chapeau. While hitchhiking through the Southwest, you stopped for lunch at the 'Dillo Diner in Nihil, Texas. The woman behind the counter noticed your helmet and mentioned that Professor Arrowhead "over to the university" was looking for "some crazy to go to the jungle."

Intrigued, you headed over to Flint University, located in the Tarsand Trailer Park, to talk to this Arrowhead character. The professor turned out to be a rather persuasive fellow with a well-stocked bar, and before you knew it you found yourself on a plane bound for Iquitos, Peru, armed with $6,000, a degree in Archeology printed on the back of a matchbook, and a mission.
After scouring every dive in the Texas panhandle for recruits, you must lead an expedition to the Amazon jungles in search of the fabled Lost City of Ka. So what if before the third bottle of sherry with the professor you had never heard of Ka, it certainly sounded alluring when Arrowhead described it. And a vacation in the tropics certainly wasn't something to scoff at...

Expedition Amazon is a fantasy role playing game of exploration and adventure in which the player controls a four-person team in the peril-filled jungles of Peru. Dozens of high resolution screens and nine levels of difficulty make the game challenging, enjoyable, and promise many, many hours of entertainment.


http://www.mobygames.com/game/expedition-amazon/
